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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|---|---|
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| orthodox | conforming to established doctrine especially in religion |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| devious | wandering |
| bog | wet spongy ground |