GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
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| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |