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 |
|---|---|
| hydrophobia | rabies |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| toss | to throw with a quick, light, or careless motion or with a sudden jerk |