GRE Word List
BENEVOLENT
marked by or disposed to doing good
The meaning of the word benevolent is marked by or disposed to doing good.
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simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
forensic | belonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate |
atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
bog | wet spongy ground |
travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |