GRE Word List

CARCINOGENIC

producing or tending to produce cancer

The meaning of the word carcinogenic is producing or tending to produce cancer.

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pachydermany of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin
precepta command or principle intended especially as a general rule of action
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
galaxymilky way galaxy
motifa usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)
bromidea binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives
worldlyof, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
depredationto lay waste : plunder
defrockto deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office