GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| invalid | not valid: |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| cataclysm | flood |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |