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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| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
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| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |