GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| surveillance | close watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective) |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| grudging | unwilling |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |