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 |
|---|---|
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| imprecation | curse |
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| effete | no longer fertile |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| filing | an act or instance of using a file |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |