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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badinageplayful repartee : banter
rectifyto set right : remedy
tarryto delay or be tardy in acting or doing
importunatetroublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand
spectralof, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly
spasmodicrelating to or affected or characterized by spasm
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant
ulcera break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus
attributea quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something
decrepitwasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age