GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| flush | to fly away suddenly |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| ludicrous | amusing or laughable through obvious absurdity, incongruity, exaggeration, or eccentricity |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |