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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| benign | of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life |
| collate | to compare critically |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |