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 |
|---|---|
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |
| dormant | represented on a coat of arms in a lying position with the head on the forepaws |
| gourmand | one who is excessively fond of eating and drinking |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| certitude | the state of being or feeling certain |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |