SAT Word of the Day: deleterious

February 25, 2010 by  
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deleterious (adj.)

From Dictionary.com:

1. injurious to health: deleterious gases.

2. harmful; injurious: deleterious influences.

In a sentence:

“Citing deleterious effects to the environment, the agency refused to allow a construction permit for the new dam.”

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