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 |
|---|---|
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| gratis | without charge or recompense : free |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| expatriate | banish |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| odium | the state or fact of being subjected to hatred and contempt as a result of a despicable act or blameworthy circumstance |