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 |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| saboteur | one that practices sabotage |
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| expatriate | banish |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| brandish | to shake or wave (something, such as a weapon) menacingly |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| disclose | to make known or public |