Multiple choice softskills leadership benign meanly stingy kindly make bitter one who voluntarily suffers death for his or her religion or cause Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself B Correct answer Explanation Benign means gentle, kindly, or harmless (especially used in medical contexts for non-cancerous growths). The 'ben-' root means good/well. Distractors: parsimonious is stingy; embitter means make bitter; martyr is someone who dies for a cause.