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 |
|---|---|
| urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
| rescind | to take away : remove |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| sibling | sib |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |