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 |
|---|---|
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| countenance | look |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| disproportion | lack of proportion, symmetry, or proper relation : disparity |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |