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 |
|---|---|
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| coalesce | to grow together |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |