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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| violate | break |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| exude | to ooze out |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| ensconce | shelter |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |