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 |
|---|---|
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| skimp | skimpy |
| herald | an official at a tournament of arms (see arm |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |