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 |
|---|---|
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| dour | stern |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |