GRE Word List
BALEFUL
deadly or pernicious in influence
The meaning of the word baleful is deadly or pernicious in influence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| stealth | a cautious, unobtrusive, and secretive way of moving or proceeding intended to avoid detection |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| somnolent | of a kind likely to induce sleep |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| exhume | disinter |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |