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 |
|---|---|
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |