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 |
|---|---|
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| demise | death |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| speechless | unable to speak : dumb |