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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| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| apiary | a place where bees are kept |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |