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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incidentan occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening
gourmeta connoisseur of food and drink
presagesomething that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen
chipa small usually thin and flat piece (as of wood or stone) cut, struck, or flaked off
buffooneryfoolish or playful behavior or practice
accostto approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way
amorphoushaving no definite form : shapeless
ordeala primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control
behooveto be necessary, proper, or advantageous for
noosea loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn