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 |
|---|---|
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| stringent | tight |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| tantrum | a fit of bad temper |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| oblivious | lacking remembrance, memory, or mindful attention |
| physiognomy | the art of discovering temperament and character from outward appearance |
| concordat | compact |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |