SAT vocabulary
Stentorian
Of a person's voice: loud and powerful.
Example
"The drill sergeant's stentorian voice boomed across the parade ground, instantly silencing the recruits."
Etymology
From Greek 'Stentor,' a herald in the Trojan War whose voice was as loud as that of fifty men.
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