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 |
|---|---|
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| reverberate | reflect |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |