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 |
|---|---|
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| meager | having little flesh : thin |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| exhume | disinter |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| cathartic | of, relating to, or producing catharsis |