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 |
|---|---|
| erratic | having no fixed course : wandering |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| sporadic | occurring occasionally, singly, or in irregular or random instances |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| violate | break |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |