GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vitiate | to make faulty or defective : impair |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| maverick | an unbranded range animal |
| grudging | unwilling |