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 |
|---|---|
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| crust | the hardened exterior or surface part of bread |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |