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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| oatmeal | meal made from oats |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |