GRE Word List
CAUSTIC
capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
The meaning of the word caustic is capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| yokel | a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town |
| luxuriate | to grow profusely : thrive |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| retrench | cut down |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |