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 |
|---|---|
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| scaffold | a temporary or movable platform for workers (such as bricklayers, painters, or miners) to stand or sit on when working at a height above the floor or ground |
| circlet | a little circle |
| intangible | not tangible : impalpable |
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| opalescent | reflecting an iridescent light |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| allude | to make indirect reference |