Pernicious

Tending to cause death or serious injury; deadly: a pernicious virus.


Causing great harm; destructive: pernicious rumors.


eg. He started a pernicious rumour.

PUERILE-IT'S MEANING

1. Belonging to childhood, Juvenile.

2. Immature; Childish.

NEMESIS-THE MEANING

1. A source of harm or ruin: Uncritical trust is my nemesis.

2. Retributive justice in its execution or outcome: To follow the proposed course of action is to invite nemesis.

3. An opponent that cannot be beaten or overcome.

4. One that inflicts retribution or vengeance.

5. Nemesis Greek Mythology The goddess of retributive justice or vengeance.

PYRRHIC VICTORY -ITS MEANING

A victory gained at too great a cost.Origin
King Pyrrhus of Epirus gained such a victory over the Romans in 279 BC at the battle of Asculum in Apulia. The battle was fought between Pyrrhus' army and the Romans. Pyrrhus forces, although they won the battle, suffered severe losses to their army. All his commanders and his friends died in that battle so that in the end there was nothing to celebrate.

DEPRECATE-ITS MEANING

1. to express disapproval of; protest against


2. to depreciate (a person, someone's character, etc.); belittle


3. Archaic to try to ward off by prayer ( VERY SELDOM USED IN MODERN ENGLISH)

IGNOMINIOUS,NEFARIOUS -THEIR MEANINGS

IGNOMINIOUS- Marked by shame or disgrace:  "It was an ignominious end ... as a desperate mutiny by a handful of soldiers blossomed into full-scale revolt"

Deserving disgrace or shame; despicable.

NEFARIOUS -wicked in the extreme

NOMENCLATURE-ITS MEANING

specialized a system for naming things, especially in a particular area of science

Eg- nomenclature of organic chemicals

    -nomenclature of recipe books (many different kinds of recipe books)
   

AD HOMINEM- ITS MEANING

1. directed against a person rather than against his arguments
2. based on or appealing to emotion rather than reason
The word ad hominem is Latin  in origin- Although the word is seldom used today, the spirit  still lives on. This is how it manifests. When someone is losing an argument, they suddenly start to belittle your character. Very subtly, the argument shifts,and  almost imperceptively, from the academic to the moral.
PS. Avoid wars of morality-its just a stupid waste of time.

PROTAGONIST

 
 1. the leading character, hero, or heroine of a drama or other literary work.

2. a proponent for or advocate of a political cause, social program, etc.

3. the leader or principal person in a movement, cause, etc.

4. the first actor in ancient Greek drama, who played not only the main role, but also other roles when the
   main character was offstage.

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