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 |
|---|---|
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| farce | stuff |
| refrain | curb |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |