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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| icon | a person or thing widely admired especially for having great influence or significance in a particular sphere |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| singular | of or relating to a separate person or thing : individual |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| dominate | rule |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| imperial | of, relating to, befitting, or suggestive of an empire or an emperor |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |