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 |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
| bewitch | to influence or affect especially injuriously by witchcraft |
| eminent | exhibiting eminence especially in standing above others in some quality or position : prominent |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| modish | fashionable |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| bohemian | a native or inhabitant of Bohemia |