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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| creed | a brief authoritative formula of religious belief |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| novelty | something new or unusual |
| meek | enduring injury with patience and without resentment : mild |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |