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 |
|---|---|
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |
| animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| sluice | an artificial passage for water (as in a millstream) fitted with a valve or gate for stopping or regulating flow |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
