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 |
|---|---|
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| occident | west |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| headlong | headfirst |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| concatenate | linked together |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |