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 |
|---|---|
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| blatant | noisy especially in a vulgar or offensive manner : clamorous |
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| corrugated | having corrugations |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| dilemma | a usually undesirable or unpleasant choice |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |