GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| nutritious | nourishing |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| fervid | very hot : burning |
| respite | a period of temporary delay |
| gusto | an individual or special taste |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |