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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
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| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| heed | to pay attention |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| manifest | readily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
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