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 |
|---|---|
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| trance | stupor |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| variegate | to diversify in external appearance especially with different colors : dapple |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |