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 |
|---|---|
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| benediction | the invocation (see invocation |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| menace | a show of intention to inflict harm : threat |
| mercurial | of, relating to, or born under the planet Mercury |