GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| disheveled | marked by disorder or disarray |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |