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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| thermal | of, relating to, or caused by heat |
| stilted | pompous |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |