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 |
|---|---|
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |