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 |
|---|---|
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| fleece | the coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep) |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| plane | airplane |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| grudging | unwilling |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |