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 |
|---|---|
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| corroborate | to support with evidence or authority : make more certain |
| affluence | abundance of property : wealth |
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |