GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
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infringe | to encroach upon in a way that violates law or the rights of another |
suppliant | supplicant |
mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
ignite | to set afire |
clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
constituent | a member of a constituency |
verity | the quality or state of being true or real |