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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| sibling | sib |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |