GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| flashy | lacking in substance or flavor : insipid |
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |