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 |
|---|---|
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| scion | descendant |
| license | permission to act |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| rabble | a disorganized or confused collection of things |