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 |
|---|---|
| mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
| acetic | vinegary |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| nourishment | food |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |