GRE Word List
OSSIFY
to change into bone
The meaning of the word ossify is to change into bone.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| engender | beget |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |