GRE Word List
DETRIMENTAL
obviously harmful : damaging
The meaning of the word detrimental is obviously harmful : damaging.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| ravenous | rapacious |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |