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 |
|---|---|
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| kleptomaniac | a person evidencing kleptomania |
| realm | kingdom |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |