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 |
|---|---|
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |