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 |
|---|---|
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| privy | private |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |