GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| scrappy | consisting of scraps |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| aloof | removed or distant either physically or emotionally |