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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WordMeaning
disinclinationa preference for avoiding something : slight aversion
relegateto send into exile : banish
conducivetending to promote or assist
sluggishaverse to activity or exertion : indolent
pedigreea register recording a line of ancestors
pittancea small portion, amount, or allowance
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
outlandishof or relating to another country : foreign
casualsubject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
bogusnot genuine : counterfeit