GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
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|---|---|
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
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| withstand | to stand up against : oppose with firm determination |
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| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
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| extant | currently or actually existing |
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