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 |
|---|---|
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| asunder | into parts |