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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| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| mirage | an optical (see optical |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |