GRE Word List
HAZARDOUS
involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
The meaning of the word hazardous is involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
| necromancy | conjuration (see conjure |
| biting | having the power to bite |
| serrated | notched or toothed on the edge |