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 |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |