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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quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |