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 |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| crypt | a chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| paltry | inferior |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |