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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| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
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| jostle | to come in contact or into collision |
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| quisling | traitor |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |