GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| muted | being mute : silent |
| guileless | innocent |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| coda | a concluding musical section that is formally distinct from the main structure |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |