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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| choice | the act of choosing : selection |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |