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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| provision | the act or process of providing |
| scowl | to contract the brow in an expression of displeasure |
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |