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 |
|---|---|
| espouse | marry |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |