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 |
|---|---|
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| welter | writhe |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| guileless | innocent |