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 |
|---|---|
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| faculty | ability |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| decipher | decode |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |