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 |
|---|---|
| satellite | a celestial body orbiting another of larger size |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |
| induct | to put in formal possession (as of a benefice or office) : install |