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 |
|---|---|
| claustrophobia | abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| disbar | to expel from the bar or the legal profession : deprive (an attorney) of legal status and privileges |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |