GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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|---|---|
| douse | to plunge into water |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
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| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| speck | a small discoloration or spot especially from stain or decay |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |