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 |
|---|---|
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| aspersion | a false or misleading charge meant to harm someone's reputation |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| glossary | a collection of textual glosses or of specialized terms with their meanings |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| frail | easily led into evil |