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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| giddy | dizzy |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| wispy | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| commune | talk over |