GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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|---|---|
| unkempt | not combed |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| engender | beget |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
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| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| acclimate | to adapt (someone) to a new temperature, altitude, climate, environment, or situation |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |