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 |
|---|---|
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| violate | break |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |