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

WordMeaning
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely
truculencethe quality or state of being truculent
wringto squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid
magnitudegreat size or extent
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
artifactsa usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
preternaturalexisting outside of nature
gyroscopea wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin
riftfissure
direexciting horror