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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WordMeaning
stampedea wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals
cynicalhaving or showing the attitude or temper of a cynic: such as
mutedbeing mute : silent
refuteto prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous
desperatehaving lost hope
librettothe text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater
standstilla state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop
swear-wordword considered offensive; Ex. ``bloody''
evanescenttending to vanish like vapor
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