GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| calorific | caloric |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| erroneous | containing or characterized by error : mistaken |