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 |
|---|---|
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |