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 |
|---|---|
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| expound | to set forth : state |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| abut | to border on : to touch along an edge |