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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
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| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| incisive | impressively direct and decisive (as in manner or presentation) |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |