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 |
|---|---|
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |