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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |
| edifice | building |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| urgent | calling for immediate attention : pressing |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |