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 |
|---|---|
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |