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 |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |