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 |
|---|---|
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| rapture | an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion |
| subjective | of, relating to, or constituting a subject: such as |
| grotesque | a style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature |