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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
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adjective |
| definition: |
having a very harmful or fatal effect; injurious, deadly, or destructive.
Rabies is a pernicious disease caused by a virus.- antonyms:
- innocuous
- similar words:
- destructive, malign, malignant, noxious, pestilent
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| related words: |
adverse, bad, deadly, deleterious, evil, fatal, harmful, ill, inimical, injurious, lethal, malicious, noisome, toxic |
adverb + (adj.)pernicious
especially, generally, most, particularly
(adj.)pernicious
+ adverb
independently
(adj.)pernicious
+ noun
anemia,
aspect,
black,
charge,
consequence,
danger,
doctrine,
drug,
effect,
element,
elite,
evil,
form,
globalization,
impact,
influence,
legacy,
myth,
nature,
outcome,
politics,
practice,
presence,
racism,
reality,
religion,
thinking,
trend,
violence,
weed
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| derivations: |
perniciously (adv.), perniciousness (n.) |
The word pernicious
contains the following part:
per-
Latin
prefix
that means through, throughout; very
  Example words:
impermeable, impermissible, imperturbable, impervious, parvenu, perambulate, perceive, perception, percolate, perennial, perfect, perfidy, perfoliate, perforate, perform, perfunctory, perjury, permanent, permeate, permissible, permission, permit, permute, pernicious, perorate, perpetual, perplex, persecute, persevere, persist, persistent, perspective, perspicacious, perspicuous, perspire, persuade, persuasion, persuasive, pertinacious, perturb, peruse, pervade, perverse, pervert, pervious, semipermeable
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