GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abusive | using harsh, insulting language |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| grudging | unwilling |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| diatribe | a bitter and abusive speech or piece of writing |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |