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 |
|---|---|
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| prudent | characterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |