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 |
|---|---|
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |