GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
| gestate | to carry in the uterus during pregnancy |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |