GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| droop | to hang or incline downward |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| forebears | ancestor |
| cursive | running |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| appease | pacify |
| cataclysm | flood |