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 |
|---|---|
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| heed | to pay attention |
| dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| flounder | flatfish |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |