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 |
|---|---|
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| exemplify | to show or illustrate by example |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |