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 |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |