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 |
|---|---|
| liability | the quality or state of being liable |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| portly | dignified |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |