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 |
|---|---|
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |