GRE Word List
CORRODE
to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
The meaning of the word corrode is to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| lexicographer | an author or editor of a dictionary |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |