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 |
|---|---|
| garner | to gather into storage |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| denomination | an act of denominating |
| impunity | exemption or freedom from punishment, harm, or loss |
| statute | a law enacted by the legislative branch of a government |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |