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 |
|---|---|
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| auroral | dawn |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| transition | a change or shift from one state, subject, place, etc. to another |