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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| finish | to come to an end : terminate |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
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| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
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