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involving or full of grave risk or peril; hazardous; dangerous: a perilous voyage across the Atlantic in a small boat.
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Perilous
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is peripatetic. Does it mean:
| walking about or traveling from place to place |
| presuming |
Example Sentences
- The last thousand feet down a steep slope of frozen, windswept scree were especially perilous.
- The crabs' have a surprising and perilous migration from the island's interior to the sea.
- Crosswalks can be especially perilous for the elderly.
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perilous
late 13c., from O.Fr. perillous (Fr. périlleux) "dangerous, hazardous," from L. periculosus, from periculum "dangerous" (see peril).
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