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 |
|---|---|
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| deluge | an overflowing of the land by water |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| mentor | a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus |