GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| deb\^acle | sudden disastrous downfall or defeat; complete disaster |
| fabricate | invent |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
