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 |
|---|---|
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| grovel | to creep with the face to the ground : crawl |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |