GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| antecede | precede |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| comprehensive | covering completely or broadly : inclusive |