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 |
|---|---|
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| irreproachable | not reproachable : blameless |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |