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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| surreptitious | done, made, or acquired by stealth : clandestine |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| quadruped | an animal having four feet |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |