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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calorificcaloric
solsticeeither 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
littera covered and curtained couch provided with shafts and used for carrying a single passenger
deignto condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop
comprehendto grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of
obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion
waneto decrease in size, extent, or degree : dwindle
mergerthe 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)
inchoatebeing only partly in existence or operation : incipient