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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| heed | to pay attention |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |