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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |