GRE Word List

PERNICIOUS

highly injurious or destructive : deadly

The meaning of the word pernicious is highly injurious or destructive : deadly.

Random words

WordMeaning
blowhardan arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart
beneficiarya person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something
goadto incite or rouse as if with a goad (see goad
discursivemoving from topic to topic without order : rambling
imminentready to take place : happening soon
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
hoaxto trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous
propitiousfavorably disposed : benevolent
abysmalimmeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad
analogoussimilar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail