GRE Word List
SYNTHETIC
relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic
The meaning of the word synthetic is relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| repertoire | a list or supply of dramas, operas, pieces, or parts that a company or person is prepared to perform |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |