English Words

 

rudimentary  

1.rudimentary
Rudimentary things are very basic or simple and are therefore unsatisfactory. (FORMAL)
The earth surface of the courtyard extended into a kind of rudimentary kitchen.
They are deprived of the ability to exercise the most rudimentary workers' rights.
ADJ-GRADED
= basic
2.rudimentary
Rudimentary knowledge includes only the simplest and most basic facts. (FORMAL)
He had only a rudimentary knowledge of French.
...a rudimentary grasp of economics.
ADJ-GRADED
= basic

synthesize  

1.synthesize synthesizes synthesizing synthesized
To synthesize a substance means to produce it by means of chemical or biological reactions. (TECHNICAL)
After extensive research, Albert Hoffman first succeeded in synthesizing the acid in 1938.
A vitamin is a chemical compound that cannot be synthesized by the human body.
VB (BRIT) also synthesise
= manufacture
2.synthesize synthesizes synthesizing synthesized
If you synthesize different ideas, facts, or experiences, you combine them to form a single idea or impression. (FORMAL)
The movement synthesised elements of modern art that hadn't been brought together before, such as Cubism and Surrealism.
VB (BRIT) also synthesise
= fuse