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 |
|---|---|
| demise | death |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| psychosis | a serious mental illness (such as schizophrenia) characterized by defective or lost contact with reality often with hallucinations or delusions |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |