GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |
| diorama | a scenic representation in which a partly translucent painting is seen from a distance through an opening |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |