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 |
|---|---|
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| lampoon | satire |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |