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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quotidian | occurring every day |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| lewd | obscene |