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 |
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trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
remunerative | serving to remunerate |
guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |