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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voyeursomeone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts
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rebusa representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
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coincidencethe act or condition of coinciding : correspondence
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hermitagethe habitation of a hermit