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 |
|---|---|
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| putrid | being in a state of putrefaction : rotten |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| sidetrack | siding |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |