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 |
|---|---|
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |