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 |
|---|---|
| impenitent | not penitent |
| sheer | unqualified |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| revoke | to annul by recalling or taking back : rescind |
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| hideous | offensive to the senses and especially to sight : exceedingly ugly |