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 |
|---|---|
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| polyglot | one who is polyglot |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |