GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
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|---|---|
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| avert | to turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| allegiance | the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord |
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| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |