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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| mortician | undertaker |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |