GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| render | to melt down |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| indenture | a document or a section of a document that is indented |
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| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |