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 |
|---|---|
| equity | justice according to natural law or right |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| adjutant | a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| actuary | clerk |
| snivel | to run at the nose |