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 |
|---|---|
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| clipper | one that clips something |