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 |
|---|---|
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| exuberance | the quality or state of being exuberant |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| mendicant | beggar |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| stentorian | extremely loud |