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 |
|---|---|
| deify | to make a god of |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| decrepitude | the quality or state of being decrepit |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| homogeneous | of the same or a similar kind or nature |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |