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 |
|---|---|
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |