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 |
|---|---|
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| eccentricity | the quality or state of being eccentric |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |