TESTfunda Daily Wordlist 05-Nov-12
If you're having trouble viewing this email, see today's Wordlist on the Web. 05-Nov-12 TestFunda Home | Sign up for Newsletters | Feedback Daily Wordlist Vocabulary Flashcards | Vocabulary Test | Previous Wordlists benign [ bi-NAHYN ] [ adjective ] MEANING : 1. of a mild, gentle disposition 2. characterised by gentleness or kindness 3. favourable 4. harmless; non-malignant USAGE EXAMPLE 1 : The benign rule of Emperor Akbar was the main reason why the Mughal empire lasted for as long as it did. USAGE EXAMPLE 2 : The persecution in Smyrna would, then, have taken place under that most benign of emperors, Antonius Pius, who, it is said (by Melito quoted by Eusebius), had forbidden popular attacks on Christians Chronicles Magazine, African Democracy, by Thomas Fleming bountiful [ BOUN-tuh-fuh' l...