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 |
|---|---|
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| despot | a ruler with absolute power and authority |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |