GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| opulence | wealth |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |