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 |
|---|---|
| superannuated | outmoded |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| emblazon | to inscribe or adorn with or as if with heraldic bearings or devices |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |