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 |
|---|---|
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| whimsy | whim |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |