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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| calorific | caloric |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| litter | a covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| obstinate | stubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion |
| wane | to decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |