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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| specious | having a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic |
| paean | a joyous song or hymn of praise, tribute, thanksgiving, or triumph |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| unfrock | defrock |