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 |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| interrogate | to question formally and systematically |
| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
| asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |