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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WordMeaning
riderone that rides
decantto draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers
staminathe bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance
relegateto send into exile : banish
palatialof, relating to, or being a palace
embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
erroneouscontaining or characterized by error : mistaken
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equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family