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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| document | proof |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| defoliate | to deprive of leaves especially prematurely |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| refulgent | a radiant or resplendent quality or state : brilliance |