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 |
|---|---|
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| trenchant | keen |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| coy | marked by cute, coquettish, or artful playfulness |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |