GRE Word List
ANNEAL
reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass)
The meaning of the word anneal is reduce brittleness and improve toughness by heating and cooling (metal or glass).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| woe | great sorrow; deep inconsolable grief; affliction; suffering; Ex. financial woes |
| variegated | (esp. of a flower or leaf) many-colored |
| servile | slavish; cringing; N. servility |
| travail | strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth |
| domicile | home; V. ADJ. domiciled: having one's domicile; Ex. He is domiciled in Britain. |
| digression | wandering away from the subject; V. digress |
| guileless | without deceit |
| laggard | slow; sluggish; N: one who lags; straggler |
| patriarch | father and ruler of a family or tribe |
| insuperable | insurmountable; unbeatable; Ex. insuperable difficulties |
