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 |
|---|---|
| cursive | running |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| marital | of or relating to marriage or the married state |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |