GRE Word List

PESTILENTIAL

causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly

The meaning of the word pestilential is causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly.

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WordMeaning
wansuggestive of poor health : sickly
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recumbentsuggestive of repose : leaning
impetusa driving force : impulse
eclipsethe total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
lavishexpending or bestowing profusely : prodigal
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
illicitnot permitted : unlawful