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 |
|---|---|
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| titter | to laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |