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 |
|---|---|
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| pending | during |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| sheer | unqualified |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |