GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| connoisseur | expert |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| executor | one who executes something |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| trenchant | keen |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |