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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| missive | a written communication : letter |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| gory | covered with gore : bloodstained |