GRE Word List
PERNICIOUS
highly injurious or destructive : deadly
The meaning of the word pernicious is highly injurious or destructive : deadly.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |