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 |
|---|---|
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| cue | the letter q |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |