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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| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| unassailable | not assailable : not liable to doubt, attack, or question |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
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| gruel | a thin porridge |