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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triflinglacking in significance or solid worth: such as
ceremoniousdevoted to forms and ceremony
tarantulaany of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food
polarof or relating to a geographic pole or the region around it
doctrinairestubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations
prodigiouscausing amazement or wonder
sapthe fluid part of a plant
forestallto exclude, hinder, or prevent (something) by prior occupation or measures
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
comelypleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion