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 |
|---|---|
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
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| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| fervor | intensity of feeling or expression |
| scintilla | spark |
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| willowy | abounding with willows |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |