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 |
|---|---|
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| optician | a maker of or dealer in optical items and instruments |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| cleave | to adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |