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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tenuoushaving little substance or strength : flimsy
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debristhe remains of something broken down or destroyed
betrothto promise to marry