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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absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
intermittentcoming and going at intervals : not continuous
pretensionan allegation of doubtful value : pretext
lecterna stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker
hermitagethe habitation of a hermit
carillona set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard
revertto come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject)
pontificalepiscopal attire
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)