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 |
|---|---|
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| stratified | formed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata |
| blase | apathetic to pleasure or excitement as a result of excessive indulgence or enjoyment : world-weary |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| bruise | an injury involving rupture of small blood vessels and discoloration without a break in the overlying skin : contusion |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |