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 |
|---|---|
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| gastronomy | the art or science of good eating |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| stagnant | not flowing in a current or stream |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |