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 |
|---|---|
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| indubitable | too evident to be doubted : unquestionable |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| duration | continuance in time |
| crest | a showy tuft or process on the head of an animal and especially a bird see bird illustration |
| provenance | origin |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| malediction | curse |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |