GRE Word List
COMPASSION
sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it
The meaning of the word compassion is sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| cog | a tooth on the rim of a wheel or gear |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| invoke | to petition for help or support |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| pacify | to allay the anger or agitation of : soothe |