GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| equitable | having or exhibiting equity : dealing fairly and equally with all concerned |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| impertinent | given to or characterized by insolent rudeness |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |