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 |
|---|---|
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| precipice | a very steep or overhanging place |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| nutrient | furnishing nourishment |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |