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 |
|---|---|
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| maraud | to roam about and raid in search of plunder |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| spendthrift | a person who spends improvidently or wastefully |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |