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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buffeta blow especially with the hand
minusculevery small
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder
avuncularsuggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
brevityshortness of duration
requisitionthe act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
stammerto make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter