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 |
|---|---|
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |
| anecdote | a usually short narrative of an interesting, amusing, or biographical incident |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| actuary | clerk |