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 |
|---|---|
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |