GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| tact | a keen sense of what to do or say in order to maintain good relations with others or avoid offense |