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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| fester | to generate pus |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |