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

WordMeaning
incrementthe amount or degree by which something changes
significanthaving meaning
disenfranchiseto deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity
communalof or relating to one or more communes
stumpthe basal portion of a bodily part remaining after the rest is removed
finickyextremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
consternationamazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion
squalorthe quality or state of being squalid
growlrumble