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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entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
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maimto mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously
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macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting