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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WordMeaning
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
bilkto block the free development of : frustrate
juggernauta massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path
nullifyto make null (see null
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
disengageto release from something that engages or involves
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
docileeasily taught
seduceto persuade to disobedience or disloyalty
grudgeto be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully