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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practicalof, relating to, or manifested in practice or action : not theoretical or ideal
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
swindlerto obtain money or property by fraud or deceit
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climacticof, relating to, or constituting a climax
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