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 |
|---|---|
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| chore | the regular or daily light work of a household or farm |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| wallow | to roll oneself about in a lazy, relaxed, or ungainly manner |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| stun | to make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze |
| repercussion | reflection |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |