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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |