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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clientele | a body of clients |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| wanton | merciless |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| philanthropist | one who makes an active effort to promote human welfare : a person who practices philanthropy |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |