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 |
|---|---|
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |