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 |
|---|---|
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| toll | a tax or fee paid for some liberty or privilege (as of passing over a highway or bridge) |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| behemoth | a mighty animal described in Job 40:15–24 as an example of the power of God |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |