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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determinatehaving defined limits
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palimpsestwriting material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
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