GRE Word List

OSSIFY

to change into bone

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

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concatenatelinked together
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pendantsomething suspended: such as
vendorone that vends : seller
interto deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb
refuseto express oneself as unwilling to accept
verisimilitudethe quality or state of being verisimilar
seasonalof, relating to, or varying in occurrence according to the season
tippleto drink liquor especially by habit or to excess
duplicitycontradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action