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 |
|---|---|
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| amok | an episode of sudden mass assault against people or objects usually by a single individual following a period of brooding that has traditionally been regarded as occurring especially in Malaysian culture but is now increasingly viewed as psychopathological behavior occurring worldwide in numerous countries and cultures |
| dowse | to plunge into water |
| domineer | to exercise arbitrary or overbearing control |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| abjure | to renounce upon oath |
| inflated | distended with air or gas |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |