GRE Word List
ERODE
to diminish or destroy by degrees:
The meaning of the word erode is to diminish or destroy by degrees:.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| slink | to go or move stealthily or furtively (as in fear or shame) : steal |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| bereavement | the state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone |
| cipher | zero |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |