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 |
|---|---|
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| servile | of or befitting a menial position |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
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| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |