GRE Word List

ERODE

to diminish or destroy by degrees:

The meaning of the word erode is to diminish or destroy by degrees:.

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WordMeaning
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
cupidityinordinate desire for wealth : avarice
franticemotionally out of control
doctrinea principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma
mutilateto cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect
sleightdeceitful craftiness
emaciatedvery thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness
consanguineousof the same blood or origin
fitacceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law