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 |
|---|---|
| clipper | one that clips something |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| viable | capable of living |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |