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 |
|---|---|
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| glacial | suggestive of ice: such as |