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 |
|---|---|
| cynical | having or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as |
| wry | twist |
| suckle | to give milk to from the breast or udder |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |