GRE Word List

OSSEOUS

bony

The meaning of the word osseous is bony.

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ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
voluminoushaving or marked by great volume or bulk : large
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
muggybeing warm, damp, and close
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
glaringhaving a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
broodthe young of an animal or a family of young
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory