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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| presume | to undertake without leave or clear justification : dare |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |