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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| sensitization | the action or process of sensitizing |
| condign | deserved |