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 |
|---|---|
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| pilfer | steal |
| concatenate | linked together |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |