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 |
|---|---|
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |