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 |
|---|---|
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| reverent | expressing or characterized by reverence : worshipful |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |