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 |
|---|---|
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| ram | a male sheep |
| bureaucracy | a body of nonelected government officials |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| stilted | pompous |
| catapult | an ancient military device for hurling missiles |
| snicker | to laugh in a covert or partly suppressed manner : titter |