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 |
|---|---|
| collate | examine and compare in order to verify authenticity; arrange in order (the sheets of a book before they are bound) |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| grouse | complain; fuss; grumble; grouch; N: plump chickenlike game bird |
| hover | hang about; (of birds or aircraft) stay in the air in one place; (of people) wait nearby; stay around one place; waver; be in an uncertain state |
| humane | marked by kindness or consideration; kind and compassionate; humanitarian |
| fulminate | thunder; explode; issue a severe denunciation |
| jocose | given to(having a tendency of) joking |
| nectar | drink of the gods; sweet liquid collected by bees |
| equity | fairness; justice; OP. inequity |
| impartial | not biased; fair; N. impartiality |
