GRE Word List

BENEFICENT

doing or producing good

The meaning of the word beneficent is doing or producing good.

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WordMeaning
sirenany of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing
pterodactylany of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition
heterogeneousconsisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed
inertlacking the power to move
quibbleto evade the point of an argument by caviling about words
primogeniturethe state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents
inflateddistended with air or gas
pana usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking)
impecunioushaving very little or no money usually habitually : penniless
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant