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 |
|---|---|
| appease | pacify |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| unimpeachable | not impeachable: such as |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| compilation | the act or process of compiling |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |