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.

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WordMeaning
collateto compare critically
travailwork especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil
vestigea trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost
jadedfatigued by overwork : exhausted
unassumingnot assuming : modest
acclivityan ascending slope (as of a hill)
cognateof the same or similar nature : generically alike
mulctfine
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
conclusiveof, relating to, or being a conclusion