GRE Word List
PERNICIOUS
very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia
The meaning of the word pernicious is very harmful; deadly; very destructive; Ex. pernicious effect/anemia.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilate | expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject) |
| resentment | indignation; bitterness; displeasure; V. resent: feel anger about |
| simper | smirk; smile in a silly way; smile affectedly |
| lofty | very high |
| disbar | make (a lawyer) leave the bar or the legal profession |
| camp | group sharing a common cause or opinion |
| bound | leap or spring; limit or confine; constitute the limit of; Ex. bounded by Canada; N: leap or jumping; boundary; ADJ: certain; having a duty to do something (legally or morally); confined by bonds; Ex. We are bound to be late; Ex. I am bound to say my opinion; CF. bounce, rebound |
| tablet | small round piece of medicine; flat piece of stone or metal bearing an inscription; Ex. stone tablet on the wall |
| suffocate | die or kill from lack of air; suppress |
| grovel | crawl or creep on ground; remain prostrate; behave in a servile manner |