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 |
|---|---|
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| hallowed | holy |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| entity | being |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |