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 |
|---|---|
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |