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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| scholarly | of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| prosody | the study of versification |