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 |
|---|---|
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |