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 |
|---|---|
| evocative | evoking or tending to evoke an especially emotional response |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| indentation | the blank space produced by indenting : indention |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |