GRE Word List
TIMBRE
the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as
The meaning of the word timbre is the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| horticultural | the science and art of growing fruits, vegetables, flowers, or ornamental plants |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| leave-taking | departure |