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 |
|---|---|
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| neophyte | a new convert : proselyte |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |