GRE Word List
BALEFUL
deadly or pernicious in influence
The meaning of the word baleful is deadly or pernicious in influence.
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| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| philistine | a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |