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 |
|---|---|
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| inequity | injustice |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |