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 |
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| expiate | to make amends for |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |