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 |
|---|---|
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| flighty | swift |