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 |
|---|---|
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| meteoric | of or relating to a meteor |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| brazen | made of brass |