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 |
|---|---|
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| tarry | to delay or be tardy in acting or doing |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |