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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| overweening | arrogant |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |