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 |
|---|---|
| transgression | an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as |
| shack | hut |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| wreak | bring about |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |