GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| diffuse | being at once verbose and ill-organized |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| pariah | a member of a low caste of southern India |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| ram | a male sheep |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |