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 |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| transitory | of brief duration : temporary |
| aver | to declare positively |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| penchant | a strong and continued inclination |