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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| prerogative | an exclusive or special right, power, or privilege: such as |
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| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| haggard | not tamed |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
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| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |