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 |
|---|---|
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| idle | not occupied or employed: such as |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| contest | strive |
| sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |