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 |
|---|---|
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| tendentious | marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| motto | a sentence, phrase, or word inscribed on something as appropriate to or indicative of its character or use |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |