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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| temperate | having a moderate climate which especially lacks extremes in temperature |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| slovenly | untidy especially in personal appearance |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| recast | to cast again |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |