GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
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| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| maroon | a dark red |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
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| expound | to set forth : state |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |