GRE Word List
ACOUSTICS
a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound
The meaning of the word acoustics is a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| concur | to express agreement |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| occlude | to close up or block off : obstruct |
| unbridled | unrestrained |