GRE Word List
SPECTRUM
a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order
The meaning of the word spectrum is a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |