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 |
|---|---|
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |
| discursive | moving from topic to topic without order : rambling |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |