GRE Word List
ACOUSTICS
science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in
The meaning of the word acoustics is science of sound; quality that makes a room easy or hard to hear in.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance |
| stodgy | dull; stuffy; boringly conservative; Ex. stodgy book |
| rancor | long-lasting hatred; bitterness; Ex. negotiation without rancor; ADJ. rancorous |
| cognitive | having to do with knowing or perceiving related to the mental processes; N. cognition: the mental process of knowing |
| deface | mar; disfigure |
| deplete | reduce; exhaust |
| adulterate | make impure or of poorer quality by adding inferior or tainted(contaminated) substances |
| palate | roof of the mouth; sense of the taste |
| winsome | charming (in a childlike way); agreeable; gracious; engaging |
| quail | cower; shrink back in fear; lose heart |
