GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| embryonic | of or relating to an embryo |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| nutritious | nourishing |