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 |
|---|---|
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| enliven | to give life, action, or spirit to : animate |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |