GRE Word List
DELETERIOUS
harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way
The meaning of the word deleterious is harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cordial | showing or marked by warm and often hearty friendliness, favor, or approval |
| rank | relative standing or position |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| chafe | irritate |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |