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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|---|---|
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
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| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
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| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |