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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |