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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| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |