GRE Word List

OSSEOUS

bony

The meaning of the word osseous is bony.

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initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
transcendentaltranscendent
plaintiveexpressive of suffering or woe : melancholy
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
embraceto clasp in the arms : hug
platonicof, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism
precipitateto throw violently : hurl
bristlinga short stiff coarse hair or filament