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 |
|---|---|
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| untenable | not able to be defended |
| mischance | bad luck |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |