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 |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| nullify | to make null (see null |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| dint | force |
| graduated | marked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| plait | pleat |