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 |
|---|---|
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| compact | predominantly formed or filled : composed |
| oversee | survey |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| promulgate | to make (an idea, belief, etc.) known to many people by open declaration : proclaim |