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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| sleek | slick |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| doddering | feeble |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |