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 |
|---|---|
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| bloated | overfilled and extended with liquid, gas, food, etc. |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| mystic | mystical |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |