GRE Word List
SYNTHESIS
the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
The meaning of the word synthesis is the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| privation | an act or instance of depriving : deprivation |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |