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 |
|---|---|
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| crass | gross |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| peerless | matchless |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |