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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procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
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bliss | complete happiness |
bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
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touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
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