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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| summation | the act or process of forming a sum : addition |
| traumatic | psychologically or emotionally stressful in a way that can lead to serious mental and emotional problems |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |