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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| exploit | deed |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |