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 |
|---|---|
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| solitude | the quality or state of being alone or remote from society : seclusion |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| crass | gross |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |