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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| billow | wave |
| environ | encircle |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| turbulence | the quality or state of being turbulent: such as |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |