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 |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| headlong | headfirst |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |