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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| demise | death |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| spasmodic | relating to or affected or characterized by spasm |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| preeminent | having paramount rank, dignity, or importance : outstanding |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |