GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |