PERDITION

PERDITION

<Per-dish-shun>

Ruin; loss; punishment;

Being complete destruction.

The perdition is cleaned up and the city is no longer in ruins.

The perdition was complete. Nary a flower was left standing.

Per - dition

Per (Reminds) Perilous

Detion (Reminds) Condition
Memory trick: It is a perilous condition when everything is gone.

PERILOUS CONDITION

You don't like germane things. Why don't you respond when someone greets you?

Answer below...

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Answer:  

Germane means appropriate. You don't like appropriate things like greeting people.