Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Word #1

Word: Deleterious

Location: Online Forum

Context: I do take great issue with fundamentalist religious extremism and the deleterious effects of lingering puritanism in the US in general.

Definition:
–adjective
1.injurious to health: deleterious gases.
2.harmful; injurious: deleterious influences

Use: John consumes deleterious quantities of alcohol.

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