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 |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |
| volley | the flight of the ball (as in volleyball or tennis) or its course before striking the ground |
| entomology | a branch of zoology that deals with insects |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |