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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masona skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick)
saccharineof, relating to, or resembling that of sugar
subjugateto bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer
panegyrica eulogistic oration or writing
stunto make senseless, groggy, or dizzy by or as if by a blow : daze
blotchto mark or mar with blotches
nauticalof, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action