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 |
|---|---|
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| crass | gross |