GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| headlong | headfirst |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| purported | reputed |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| ferret | a domesticated usually albino, brownish, or silver-gray animal (Mustela putorius furo) that is descended from the European polecat |