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 |
|---|---|
| suppress | to put down by authority or force : subdue |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| chafe | irritate |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |