GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| junket | trip |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
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| healthy | enjoying good health |
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