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 |
|---|---|
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| oculist | ophthalmologist |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |