GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
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| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| taxonomist | the study of the general principles of scientific classification : systematics |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| spate | freshet |