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.

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WordMeaning
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable
citadela fortress that commands (see command
monotheismthe doctrine or belief that there is but one God
mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
steeplofty
attenuateto lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken
lineagedescent in a line from a common progenitor
charismaa personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader)
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
ameliorateto make better or more tolerable