GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilute | attenuate |
| dally | to act playfully |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| opus | work |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |