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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |