GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| perturb | to cause to be worried or upset : disquiet |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| malapropos | in an inappropriate or inopportune way |
| embrace | to clasp in the arms : hug |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |