GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cadaver | a dead body |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| cohabit | to live together as or as if a married couple |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |