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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| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| charm | the chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation |