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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WordMeaning
plummetto fall perpendicularly
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
raffleto engage in a raffle
defalcatededuct
contemptthe act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain
promiscuoushaving or involving many sexual partners : not restricted to one sexual partner or few sexual partners
ominousbeing or exhibiting an omen : portentous
chimericalexisting only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary
expletivea syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense
disparatemarkedly distinct in quality or character