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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |
| congruent | congruous |
| casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |