GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hostage | a person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| romp | one that romps |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| caustic | capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |