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 |
|---|---|
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| obsidian | a dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| nourish | nurture |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |