GRE Word List

BENEFICENT

doing or producing good

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

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WordMeaning
forthcomingbeing about to appear or to be produced or made available
concisemarked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
dissimulateto hide under a false appearance
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
homagea feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord
pinnacea light sailing ship
squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush