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 |
|---|---|
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| garnish | decorate |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| metropolis | the chief or capital city of a country, state, or region |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| bliss | complete happiness |