GRE Word List
ASSAY
to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components
The meaning of the word assay is to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |