GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| sleigh | an open usually horse-drawn vehicle with runners for use on snow or ice |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| curfew | the sounding of a bell at evening |