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 |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| mystic | mystical |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| stellar | of or relating to the stars : astral |