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 |
|---|---|
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| clime | climate |
| bulk | magnitude |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| harrowing | acutely distressing or painful |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |