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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| lookout | one engaged in keeping watch : watchman |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| forestall | to exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| waver | to vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |