GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| plump | to drop, sink, or come in contact suddenly or heavily |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| dire | exciting horror |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |