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 |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| congenial | pleasant |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| compulsion | an act of compelling |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |