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 |
|---|---|
| shove | to push along |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |