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 |
|---|---|
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |