GRE Word List
BENEFICIAL
producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit
The meaning of the word beneficial is producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| quisling | traitor |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |