GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |