GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
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|---|---|
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
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| flounder | flatfish |
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