GRE Word List
OSSEOUS
bony
The meaning of the word osseous is bony.
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| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| intermediary | mediator |