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 |
|---|---|
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |
| disfigure | to impair (as in beauty) by deep and persistent injuries |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |