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 |
|---|---|
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| irrefutable | impossible to refute : incontrovertible |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| talisman | an object held to act as a charm to avert evil and bring good fortune |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |