GRE Word List
SOUND
a particular auditory impression : tone
The meaning of the word sound is a particular auditory impression : tone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| predicament | the character, status, or classification assigned by a predication |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |