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 |
|---|---|
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| hubbub | noise |
| larceny | the unlawful taking of personal property with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it permanently |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| sublimate | sublime |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| knoll | a small round hill : mound |