GRE Word List

FRET

to eat or gnaw into : corrode

The meaning of the word fret is to eat or gnaw into : corrode.

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primaryfirst in order of time or development : primitive
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derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
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