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Word: ossify

Definition: change or harden into bone; become hard and unchanging in one's ideas


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::: rakish - jaunty; stylish; sporty; morally corrupt; dissolute; Ex. He wore his hat at a rakish and jaunty angle.
::: pulsate - throb; beat regularly; vibrate regularly
::: disburse - pay out (as from a fund); N. disbursement; CF. purse
::: depreciate - lessen in value; belittle; represent as of little value
::: imperturbable - unshakably calm; placid
::: creep - move with body close to the ground; move stealthily or slowly; N.
::: stratagem - deceptive scheme; clever trick
::: gentility - those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel
::: funereal - sad; solemn; suitable for a funeral
::: subsidiary - serving to assist; subordinate; secondary; of a subsidy; N.