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 |
|---|---|
| jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| inanimate | not animate: |
| vouch | to supply supporting evidence or testimony |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| extrovert | a person whose personality is characterized by extroversion : a typically gregarious and unreserved person who enjoys and seeks out social interaction |