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 |
|---|---|
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| acclaim | applaud |
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |