GRE Word List
OSSIFY
change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas
The meaning of the word ossify is change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awry | distorted; crooked; bent; Ex. Our plans have gone awry. |
| siren | apparatus for making sounds; womanlike creature |
| escapade | prank; flighty conduct; reckless adventure that disobeys rules |
| interminable | endless |
| pharisaical | pertaining to the Pharisees, who paid scrupulous attention to tradition; self-righteous; hypocritical |
| stygian | unpleasantly dark; gloomy; hellish; deathly; CF. Styx: the chief river in the subterranean land of the dead |
| prefigure | be a sign of; foreshadow |
| inherent | firmly established by nature or habit; intrinsic |
| credence | belief |
| articulate | effective; distinct; expressing ideas clearly; having clear sounds; having joints; Ex. articulate speech; V: express thoughts and feeling clearly; pronounce clearly; unite by joints |
