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 |
|---|---|
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| sleek | slick |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| misadventure | misfortune |