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 |
|---|---|
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| accrue | to come into existence as a legally enforceable claim |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |