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 |
|---|---|
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| pontifical | episcopal attire |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |