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 |
|---|---|
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |
| eventual | contingent |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |