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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| dissemble | to hide under a false appearance |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |