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 |
|---|---|
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| practical | of, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |