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 |
|---|---|
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| prong | fork |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| diadem | crown |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| poignancy | the quality or state of being poignant |