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 |
|---|---|
| impuissance | weakness |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| indecisive | marked by or prone to indecision : irresolute |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| madrigal | a medieval short lyrical poem in a strict poetic form |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |