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 |
|---|---|
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| concerted | mutually contrived or agreed on |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |