GRE Word List
CANKER
an erosive or spreading sore
The meaning of the word canker is an erosive or spreading sore.
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|---|---|
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
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| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
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