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 |
|---|---|
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| fitful | characterized by fits or paroxysms |
| reckon | count |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |