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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quaintpleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar
allegiancethe obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
magisterialof, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative
philanderera man who has sexual relations with many women
remunerativeserving to remunerate
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
vouchto supply supporting evidence or testimony
facetiousjoking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish
maleficentworking or productive of harm or evil : baleful