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Word: canker

Definition: any ulcerous sore; ulcer; any evil; CF. cancer


More Vocab Words

::: problematic - causing a problem; open to doubt; doubtful; unsettled; questionable; Ex. Whether the arena will ever be completed is problematic.
::: azure - sky blue
::: sully - defile; soil; tarnish; Ex. sully one's hands in menial labor
::: lout - clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ?
::: pluck - courage; V: pull off or out; pull out the hair or feathers of; ADJ. plucky: courageous; brave
::: dingy - (of things and place) dirty and dull; Ex. dingy street/curtain
::: partition - divide into parts
::: matrimony - state of being married
::: aggrandize - make greater; increase in power, wealth, rank, or honor; N. aggrandizement
::: summation - act of finding the total; summing-up; summary (esp. one given by the judge at the end of a trial)