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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WordMeaning
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
mesmerizeto subject to mesmerism
anodyneserving to alleviate pain
mergerthe absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment
consolean architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament
turpitudeinherent baseness : depravity
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
illimitableincapable of being limited or bounded : measureless
laconicusing or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious