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 |
|---|---|
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| dulcet | sweet to the taste |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| dilute | attenuate |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| retrench | cut down |