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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billowwave
rendto remove from place by violence : wrest
umbragea feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult
conceptionthe process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
festerto generate pus
dexterousmentally adroit and skillful : clever