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 |
|---|---|
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| alacrity | promptness in response : cheerful readiness |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| condign | deserved |