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 |
|---|---|
| gibberish | unintelligible or meaningless language: |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| modicum | a small portion : a limited quantity |
| well-bred | having or displaying the politeness and good manners associated especially with people of high social class |
| adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |