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 |
|---|---|
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| ambulatory | able to walk about and not bedridden |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |