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 |
|---|---|
| abominable | worthy of or causing disgust or hatred : detestable |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| headlong | headfirst |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |