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 |
|---|---|
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| negligence | the quality or state of being negligent |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |