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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| hale | free from defect, disease, or infirmity : sound |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| mural | of, relating to, or resembling a wall |