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 |
|---|---|
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| pilfer | steal |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |