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 |
|---|---|
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
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| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| epilogue | a concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |