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 |
|---|---|
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |