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 |
|---|---|
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| commune | talk over |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |