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 |
|---|---|
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| sober | not intoxicated |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| commune | talk over |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |