GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mash | to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |