GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sound | a particular auditory impression : tone |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| broach | brooch |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| amalgam | a mixture of different elements |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |