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 |
|---|---|
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| billowing | wave |