GRE Word List

OSSEOUS

bony

The meaning of the word osseous is bony.

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trystan agreement (as between lovers) to meet
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generalitythe quality or state of being general
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
recriminationa retaliatory accusation
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