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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indiscriminatenot marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
irksometending to irk : tedious
retractto draw back or in
undulatinghaving a wavy surface, edge, or markings
lethalof, relating to, or causing death
putrescentundergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid
prudentcharacterized by, arising from, or showing prudence: such as
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will