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 |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| calculated | apt |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| seemly | good-looking |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| bookish | of or relating to books |