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 |
|---|---|
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| vex | to bring trouble, distress, or agitation to |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| fathom | a unit of length equal to six feet (1.83 meters) used especially for measuring the depth of water |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| predilection | an established preference for something |