GRE Word List
MALEFICENT
working or productive of harm or evil : baleful
The meaning of the word maleficent is working or productive of harm or evil : baleful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| kismet | fate |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| tint | a usually slight or pale coloration : hue |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |