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 |
|---|---|
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| coin | corner |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| farce | stuff |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |