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 |
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| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| vitriolic | bitterly harsh or caustic language or criticism |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| exhume | disinter |