GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| lax | loose |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |