GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| encompass | include |
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |