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 |
|---|---|
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| pallid | deficient in color : wan |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| monochrome | a painting, drawing, or photograph in a single hue |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |