ossify

verbCommon GRE wordMore O words

to become rigid or fixed in habit and resistant to change

In a sentence

Ossify in a sentence

Here is an example sentence showing ossify in a sentence.

Once-radical ideas can ossify into unexamined dogma over time.

Synonyms

hardenstiffenfossilize

Antonyms

softenadaptevolve

Keep going

a stupid, clumsy, or boorish person

stubbornly refusing to change one's mind or course of action

a gesture or attitude of deep respect or submission

showing deferential respect or submissive obedience

a tapering stone pillar with a pyramidal top, typically erected as a monument

grossly overweight to a degree that poses a health risk

to make something deliberately unclear or confusing

the act of making something deliberately unclear or confusing

Common questions

Ossify (verb) means to become rigid or fixed in habit and resistant to change

Here is ossify used in an example sentence: "Once-radical ideas can ossify into unexamined dogma over time."

Common synonyms for ossify include harden, stiffen, fossilize.

Antonyms of ossify include soften, adapt, evolve.

Ossify is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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