GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |
| condiments | something used to enhance the flavor of food |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |