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 |
|---|---|
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| impropriety | an improper or indecorous act or remark |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| piscatorial | piscatory |