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 |
|---|---|
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| stilted | pompous |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |