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 |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| cipher | zero |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| deleterious | harmful often in a subtle or unexpected way |
| fabricate | invent |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| compelling | that compels: such as |