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 |
|---|---|
| lap | a loose overlapping or hanging panel or flap especially of a garment |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |