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 |
|---|---|
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |