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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| meter | systematically arranged and measured rhythm (see rhythm |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |