GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |