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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diademcrown
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
cajoleto persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax
whitthe smallest part or particle imaginable : bit
unassumingnot assuming : modest
resilientcharacterized or marked by resilience: such as
sojourna temporary stay
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
rouea man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake
insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable