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 |
|---|---|
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| fusillade | a number of shots fired simultaneously or in rapid succession |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| gall | brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence |
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| celibate | of, relating to, or characterized by celibacy: |
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