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 |
|---|---|
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| rankle | to cause anger, irritation, or deep bitterness |
| acknowledge | to recognize the rights, authority, or status of |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| collate | to compare critically |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |