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.

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forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
seamyhaving the rough side of the seam showing
sensualrelating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly
resurgeto undergo a resurgence
archivesa place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
punctiliousmarked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
drivelnonsense
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
implicitcapable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied