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 |
|---|---|
| plait | pleat |
| connoisseur | expert |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| problematic | posing a problem : difficult to solve or decide |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| venerable | calling forth respect through age, character, and attainments |
| beeline | a straight direct course |