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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| sonic | utilizing, produced by, or relating to sound waves |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |