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 |
|---|---|
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| vulnerable | capable of being physically or emotionally wounded |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| brink | edge |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| application | an act of applying: |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |