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 |
|---|---|
| sere | being dried and withered |
| random | a haphazard course |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |