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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| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| fugitive | running away or intending flight |
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| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |