GRE Word List
CANKER
an erosive or spreading sore
The meaning of the word canker is an erosive or spreading sore.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| venial | of a kind that can be remitted : forgivable |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |