GRE Word List
CALLOUS
being hardened and thickened
The meaning of the word callous is being hardened and thickened.
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|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
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| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
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| galaxy | milky way galaxy |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |