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  • Penultimate (adj): It’s easy to describe the first thing and the last thing, but what about the second to the last thing in a series? That thing is the penultimate.
  • Pernicious (adj): Some habits or actions are especially destructive, even to the point of being deadly. These things are described as pernicious.

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