GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| incipient | beginning to come into being or to become apparent |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| mystic | mystical |
| guileless | innocent |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |