GRE Word List

OSSIFY

to change into bone

The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.

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casualtya military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action
exemptfree or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject
discrepancythe quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance
placateto soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease
lustera glow of reflected light : sheen
compensatoryto be equivalent to : counterbalance
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state
embitterto excite bitter feelings in
orificean opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass
sanctuarya consecrated place: such as