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 |
|---|---|
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| acute | characterized by sharpness or severity of sudden onset |
| ingenious | having or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| distend | extend |