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 |
|---|---|
| whittle | a large knife |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |