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 |
|---|---|
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |