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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|---|---|
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| irreverence | lack of reverence |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |