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 |
|---|---|
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| swill | wash |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| pundit | pandit |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| bulk | magnitude |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |