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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| Word | Meaning |
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| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| yeoman | an attendant or officer in a royal or noble household |
| halfhearted | lacking heart, spirit, or interest |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| influx | a coming in |
| throttle | to compress the throat of : choke |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |