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 |
|---|---|
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |
| flounder | flatfish |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| excise | an internal tax levied on the manufacture, sale, or consumption of a commodity |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |