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 |
|---|---|
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |