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 |
|---|---|
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| artless | lacking art, knowledge, or skill : uncultured |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| reverie | daydream |
| mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| topple | to fall from or as if from being top-heavy |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |