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 |
|---|---|
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| delve | excavate |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| implication | something implied: such as |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |