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 |
|---|---|
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| hortatory | hortative |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |