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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WordMeaning
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
dominaterule
torquea force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion
disingenuouslacking in candor
rampantrearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended
amendto put right
realmkingdom
indeterminatenot definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
imperilto bring into peril : endanger