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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intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
cresta showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration
coteriean intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose
reiterateto state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect
strutto become turgid : swell
sticklerone who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something
overblownpast the prime of bloom
exorciseto expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration
peddleto travel about with wares for sale
parchmentthe skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on