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 |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| replicate | duplicate |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| intrepid | characterized by resolute fearlessness, fortitude, and endurance |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| swipe | a strong sweeping blow |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |