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 |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |
| warren | a place legally authorized for keeping small game (such as hare or pheasant) |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| fancied | imagined or believed to be true or real |