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 |
|---|---|
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| manumit | to release from slavery |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |