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 |
|---|---|
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |