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 |
|---|---|
| abortive | prematurely born |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| polygamist | marriage in which a spouse of either sex may have more than one mate at the same time compare polyandry |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |