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 |
|---|---|
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| broach | brooch |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| effete | no longer fertile |