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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somnolentof a kind likely to induce sleep
reveriedaydream
jurisprudencethe science or philosophy of law
obsidiana dark natural glass formed by the cooling of molten lava
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible
nebulaany of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space
soliloquythe act of talking to oneself
dozeto sleep lightly