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 |
|---|---|
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| subside | to sink or fall to the bottom : settle |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| taciturn | temperamentally disinclined to talk |