GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disport | sport |
| wither | to become dry and sapless |
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| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| fictitious | of, relating to, or characteristic of fiction : imaginary |
| bludgeon | a short stick that usually has one thick or loaded end and is used as a weapon |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |