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 |
|---|---|
| finished | entirely done |
| fabricate | invent |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| convention | agreement |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |