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 |
|---|---|
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| malicious | having or showing a desire to cause harm to someone : given to, marked by, or arising from malice |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| lucid | suffused with light : luminous |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |