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
verbiagea profusion of words usually of little or obscure content
timiditylacking in courage or self-confidence
nirvanathe final beatitude (see beatitude
potiona mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine)
clefta space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
blushoutward appearance : view
autopsyan examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease
personifyto conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage