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 |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |