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 |
|---|---|
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| puissant | having puissance : powerful |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| autocratic | of, relating to, or being an autocracy : absolute |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |