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 |
|---|---|
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| prodigy | a highly talented child or youth |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |