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 |
|---|---|
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |
| sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |