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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coronera 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
marrowbone marrow
elucidateto make lucid especially by explanation or analysis
anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
excoriateto wear off the skin of : abrade
fatalisma doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them
collationa light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper
cavalcadea procession (see procession
charmthe chanting or reciting of a magic spell : incantation