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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tantalizeto tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach
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perditioneternal damnation
dazeto stupefy especially by a blow : stun
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
confidencea feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances
aboriginalbeing the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
extortto obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring