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 |
|---|---|
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| clientele | a body of clients |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |