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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| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
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| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
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