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 |
|---|---|
| equivocate | to use equivocal language especially with intent to deceive |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| engender | beget |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |