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 |
|---|---|
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| resurrect | to raise from the dead |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |