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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pugilist | fighter |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| betray | to lead astray |