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.

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WordMeaning
proprietythe quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant
brawlto quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle
infantileof or relating to infants or infancy
slywise in practical affairs
forerunnerone that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as
secreteto form and give off (a secretion)
acerbitythe quality of being acerbic
churlishof, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar