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 |
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| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| absolute | free from imperfection : perfect |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| stymie | to present an obstacle to : stand in the way of |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| collected | gathered together |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |