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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WordMeaning
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
mashto reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure
habitatthe place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows
recessthe action of receding : recession
liena charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law
catharsispurification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art
nettleany of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs
incisiveimpressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation)
whimsywhim
pestilentialcausing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly