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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sententiousgiven to or abounding in aphoristic expression
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championshipdesignation as champion
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assimilateto take into the mind and thoroughly understand