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 |
|---|---|
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| skimp | skimpy |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |