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 |
|---|---|
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| compatible | capable of existing together in harmony |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| fit | acceptable from a particular viewpoint (as of competence or morality) : proper |
| clown | farmer |