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 |
|---|---|
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| upright | perpendicular |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| wanton | merciless |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |