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 |
|---|---|
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| promontory | a high point of land or rock projecting into a body of water |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |