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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| unintimidating | not causing a feeling of fear or timidity : not intimidating |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| grievance | a cause of distress (such as an unsatisfactory working condition) felt to afford reason for complaint or resistance |
| shack | hut |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| botch | an inflammatory sore |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |