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 |
|---|---|
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| harbor | a place of security and comfort : refuge |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| existential | of, relating to, or affirming existence |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| habituate | to make used to something : accustom |