GRE Word List

CORROSIVE

tending or having the power to corrode

The meaning of the word corrosive is tending or having the power to corrode.

Random words

WordMeaning
scrutinizeto examine closely and minutely
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
exoticintroduced from another country : not native to the place where found
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
impoverishto make poor
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
phyluma direct line of descent within a group
ruminateto go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly
feralof, relating to, or suggestive of a wild beast
limpidmarked by transparency (see transparent