GRE Word List
BENIGN
of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life
The meaning of the word benign is of a mild type or character that does not threaten health or life.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immutable | not capable of or susceptible to change |
| elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| incommodious | not commodious : inconvenient |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| kaleidoscope | an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns |