GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| clangor | a resounding clang or medley of clangs |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |