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 |
|---|---|
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| diva | prima donna |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| sidetrack | siding |
| isotope | any of two or more species of atoms of a chemical element with the same atomic number and nearly identical chemical behavior but with differing atomic mass or mass number and different physical properties |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |