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 |
|---|---|
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |