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 |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |