GRE Word List
CARCINOGENIC
producing or tending to produce cancer
The meaning of the word carcinogenic is producing or tending to produce cancer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trenchant | keen |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| snuffle | to snuff or sniff usually audibly and repeatedly |
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| sophist | philosopher |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |