GRE Word List
ANNEAL
to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
The meaning of the word anneal is to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |