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

WordMeaning
bogwet spongy ground
untenablenot able to be defended
mischancebad luck
compressto press or squeeze together
winceto shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch
plagiarizeto steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source
lagoona shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
bestialof or relating to beasts
dowrythe money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage