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 |
|---|---|
| subsume | to include or place within something larger or more comprehensive : encompass as a subordinate or component element |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| appropriate | especially suitable or compatible : fitting |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |