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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| impetus | a driving force : impulse |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |