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 |
|---|---|
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| fancier | one that has a special liking or interest |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |