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 |
|---|---|
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| determinate | having defined limits |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |