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 |
|---|---|
| parquet | to furnish with a floor of parquet |
| induce | to move by persuasion or influence |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| motley | variegated in color |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| choir | an organized company of singers (as in a church service) |