GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| psychosomatic | of, relating to, concerned with, or involving both mind and body |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |