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.
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|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
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| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
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