GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
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| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
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| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| hubbub | noise |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
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