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 |
|---|---|
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| sepulcher | a place of burial : tomb |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| gamut | the whole series of recognized musical notes |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| dull | tedious |