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 |
|---|---|
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |