GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retrench | cut down |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| jurisdiction | the power, right, or authority to interpret and apply the law |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |