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.

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WordMeaning
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
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probea slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity)
provenanceorigin
festerto generate pus
hydrophobiarabies
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened