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 |
|---|---|
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |