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 |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| freebooter | pirate |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
| suture | a strand or fiber used to sew parts of the living body |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| encumber | weigh down |
| obsolete | no longer in use or no longer useful |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |