GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lechery | inordinate (see inordinate |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| plummet | to fall perpendicularly |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| equipoise | a state of equilibrium |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |