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 |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |