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 |
|---|---|
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| savor | the taste or smell of something |
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| valid | having legal efficacy or force |
| corpuscle | a minute particle |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |