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 |
|---|---|
| flighty | swift |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| intermediary | mediator |