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 |
|---|---|
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| lank | not well filled out : slender |