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 |
|---|---|
| cauterize | to sear with a cautery or caustic |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| propinquity | nearness of blood : kinship |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |