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 |
|---|---|
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| concordat | compact |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| exasperate | to cause irritation or annoyance to |
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |