GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| actuary | clerk |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| tenancy | a holding of an estate or a mode of holding an estate |
| dull | tedious |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| fauna | animal life |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |