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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| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| brave | having or showing mental or moral strength to face danger, fear, or difficulty : having or showing courage |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |