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 |
|---|---|
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |