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 |
|---|---|
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| chase | the hunting of wild animals |
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| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |