GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| titanic | having great magnitude, force, or power : colossal |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |