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 |
|---|---|
| random | a haphazard course |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| glib | showing little forethought or preparation : offhand |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| guise | a form or style of dress : costume |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |