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 |
|---|---|
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| laud | praise |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |