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 |
|---|---|
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| estranged | having lost former closeness and affection : in a state of alienation from a previous close or familial relationship |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| arroyo | a watercourse (such as a creek) in an arid region |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |