GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| elated | marked by high spirits : exultant |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |