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 |
|---|---|
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| debut | a first appearance |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |