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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| Word | Meaning |
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| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| psychiatrist | a medical doctor who diagnoses and treats mental, emotional, and behavioral disorders : a specialist in psychiatry |