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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| connoisseur | expert |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| stringent | tight |