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 |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| personify | to conceive of or represent as a person or as having human qualities or powers |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |