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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| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
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| pantomime | pantomimist |
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| catholic | roman catholic |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |