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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discriminatingmaking a distinction : distinguishing
litigationthe act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating
finitehaving definite or definable limits
gloatto observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight
embargoan order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports
lopean easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter
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bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
predecessorone that precedes
pell-mellin mingled confusion or disorder