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 |
|---|---|
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| ram | a male sheep |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| machiavellian | of or relating to Machiavelli or Machiavellianism |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| divine | of, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god |