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 |
|---|---|
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| libertine | a freethinker especially in religious matters |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| paltry | inferior |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| fecundity | fruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |