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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| incline | to bend the head or body forward : bow |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |