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 |
|---|---|
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| retrench | cut down |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |