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 |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| extemporaneous | composed, performed, or uttered on the spur of the moment : impromptu |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| cryptic | secret |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |