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 |
|---|---|
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| debut | a first appearance |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| collate | to compare critically |
| anthology | a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music |