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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| recess | the action of receding : recession |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| mischance | bad luck |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |