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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disseminateto spread abroad as though sowing seed
outfitthe act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition)
gainsayto declare to be untrue or invalid
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
truculencethe quality or state of being truculent
undulatinghaving a wavy surface, edge, or markings
discombobulatedcharacterized by confusion or disorder
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
posthumousborn after the death of the father