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 |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| mace | an aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |