GRE Word List
PERNICIOUS
highly injurious or destructive : deadly
The meaning of the word pernicious is highly injurious or destructive : deadly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| emollient | making soft or supple |