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 |
|---|---|
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| forfeit | something forfeited or subject to being forfeited (as for a crime, offense, or neglect of duty) : penalty |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| conclave | a private meeting or secret assembly |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |