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 |
|---|---|
| incidental | being likely to ensue as a chance or minor consequence |
| elaborate | planned or carried out with great care |
| soar | to fly aloft or about |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
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| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| lewd | obscene |
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