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
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
desiccateto dry up
humusa brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic
vouchsafeto grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
blaseapathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary
bereftdeprived or robbed of the possession or use of something
bruisean injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion
serendipitythe faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for
hyperboleextravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones")