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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| congenial | pleasant |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| doctrine | a principle or position or the body of principles in a branch of knowledge or system of belief : dogma |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |