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 |
|---|---|
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| demerit | offense |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| hypothetical | involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural |
| commune | talk over |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| posthumous | born after the death of the father |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |