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

WordMeaning
intrudeto thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome
toadyone who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant
interminablehaving or seeming to have no end
sallowany of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark
alluvialrelating to, composed of, or found in alluvium
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
pontificalepiscopal attire
arteryany of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body
engrossto copy or write in a large hand
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter