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 |
|---|---|
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| delusive | likely to delude |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| dismember | to cut off or disjoin the limbs, members, or parts of |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| gnome | maxim |