VISCERAL-ITS MEANING

characterized by intuition or instinct rather than intellect
viscerally -adjective

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