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 |
|---|---|
| quizzical | comically quaint |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| invalid | not valid: |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| giddy | dizzy |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |