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 |
|---|---|
| inequity | injustice |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |