GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| intermediary | mediator |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| sparse | of few and scattered elements |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |