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 |
|---|---|
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| eventual | contingent |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| motley | variegated in color |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |