GRE Word List
SOUND
a particular auditory impression : tone
The meaning of the word sound is a particular auditory impression : tone.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| aviary | a place for keeping birds confined |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |