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 |
|---|---|
| effete | no longer fertile |
| microcosm | a little world |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| sleek | slick |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
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| rescind | to take away : remove |