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 |
|---|---|
| suppliant | supplicant |
| amazon | a member of a race of female warriors of Greek mythology |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| duration | continuance in time |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| haggard | not tamed |
| fuddle | booze |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |