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 |
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| satirical | of, relating to, or constituting satire |
| habitat | the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| concomitant | accompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way |
| minuscule | very small |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |