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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decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
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impassionedfilled with passion or zeal : showing great warmth or intensity of feeling
multifarioushaving or occurring in great variety : diverse
imprecationcurse
gratuitysomething given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service
begetto procreate as the father : sire
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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
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