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 |
|---|---|
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| dappled | marked with small spots or patches contrasting with the background |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| haven | harbor |