pests

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a serious (sometimes fatal) infection of rodents caused by Yersinia pestis and accidentally transmitted to humans by the bite of a flea that has bitten an infected animal
  2. noun any epidemic disease with a high death rate
  3. noun a persistently annoying person

Synonyms

plague, pestilence, pest, pestis

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