GRE Word List

OSSIFY

to change into bone

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

Random words

WordMeaning
tickleto touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements
filingan act or instance of using a file
venerablecalling forth respect through age, character, and attainments
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
febrilemarked or caused by fever : feverish
epigrama concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought
septicof, relating to, or causing putrefaction
evoketo call forth or up: such as
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
proscribeto publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state