GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
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| macerate | to cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting |
| sift | to put through a sieve |
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