GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| postulate | demand |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |