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 |
|---|---|
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |