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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| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| centrifuge | a machine using centrifugal force for separating substances of different densities, for removing moisture, or for simulating gravitational effects |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| embroider | to ornament with needlework |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| flora | a treatise on or list of the plants of an area or period |