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 |
|---|---|
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |