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 |
|---|---|
| parsimony | the quality of being careful with money or resources : thrift |
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |