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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castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
anachronisman error in chronology
amuleta charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft)
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
peonany of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as
mealymouthednot plain and straightforward : devious
intransigencethe quality or state of being intransigent
institutesomething that is instituted: such as