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 |
|---|---|
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| broach | brooch |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| spare | not being used |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| rickety | affected with rickets |