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 |
|---|---|
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| prattle | prate |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| imbue | endow |