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 |
|---|---|
| ghastly | terrifyingly horrible to the senses : frightening |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| compelling | that compels: such as |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| impuissance | weakness |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |