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 |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| imply | to express indirectly |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| dominate | rule |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |
| denizen | inhabitant |