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 |
|---|---|
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| litigation | the act, process, or practice of settling a dispute in a court of law : the act or process of litigating |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |