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 |
|---|---|
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| flip | to toss so as to cause to turn over in the air |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| submissive | submitting to others |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| impregnate | to cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated |