GRE Word List
MODULATE
to tune to a key or pitch
The meaning of the word modulate is to tune to a key or pitch.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| overweening | arrogant |