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.

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WordMeaning
demisedeath
swampa wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water
herda typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
ancestryline of descent : lineage
profoundhaving intellectual depth and insight
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
psychosisa serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions
austerestern and cold in appearance or manner