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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| ulterior | going beyond what is openly said or shown and especially what is proper |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| vociferous | marked by or given to vehement insistent outcry |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |