GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| ignite | to set afire |
| skiff | any of various small boats |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| leery | suspicious |