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 |
|---|---|
| reverie | daydream |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| munificent | very liberal in giving or bestowing (see bestow |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| unfrock | defrock |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| volition | the power of choosing or determining : will |