GRE Word List

SYNOPTIC

affording a general view of a whole

The meaning of the word synoptic is affording a general view of a whole.

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WordMeaning
filibusteran irregular military adventurer
intrepidcharacterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
memoiran official note or report : memorandum
tantruma fit of bad temper
poulticea soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions
beguilehoodwink
ignoblecharacterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness
exuberancethe quality or state of being exuberant
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness