GRE Word List
CARILLON
a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
The meaning of the word carillon is a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| wanton | merciless |
| palimpsest | writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| foppish | foolish |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |