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 |
|---|---|
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| guileless | innocent |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| carafe | a bottle with a flaring lip used to hold beverages and especially wine |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |