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 |
|---|---|
| braggadocio | empty boasting |
| incarnate | invested with bodily and especially human nature and form |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| minute | the 60th part of an hour of time : 60 seconds |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |